| MISSION DATA: | |||
| DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
| 1945‑01‑10 | 254 | 789 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Bonn, Germany |
| Two Marshalling Yards Bombed: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the 41st Combat Wing B Group on today's mission. As the result of the loss of the group leader, as well as multiple equipment failures, portions of the group attacked the primary and secondary targets: low squadron attacked the primary, high squadron attacked the secondary on the first run, and the lead squadron attacked the secondary on the second run. All attacks were visual. | |||
| SORTIE DATA: | ||
| COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
| Yes |
Landed In Allied Territory Comments: Low Squadron. Left formation at Channel on return; force-landed on continent; aircraft salvaged. |
Primary (Visual) |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
| B-17G | 42‑97521 ⇗ | 545th | JD*C | THE SAINT |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Baughman, John R⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Co-pilot | Carney, William Robert⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Clark, Alen H⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Bombardier | Adinolfi, Prisco Arthur⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Radio Operator | Cohen, Henry Hennig⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Baysinger, Ellwill Orrin⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Ball Turret | Barbosa, Roy (NMI)⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Tail Gunner | Novak, Michael (NMI)⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Poggioli, John A⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |